I don't own anything relating to Descendants, Disney, Dove or Sofia.
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Mal woke up when a nurse came into the room. At some point in the night, Evie had been shaking so Mal climbed into the bed with her. She looked down and saw the mess of blue splayed out her chest.
"Evie, wake up," Mal gently shook the woman awake. "The nurse needs to check your vitals."
"Again?" Evie half grumped, half snapped. It had been 12 hours since she had a fix and her attitude was getting worse.
"Yes." Mal rolled her eyes, standing up from the bed. "They do it every couple hours."
Evie sat up, anger covering her features. Mal watched and smiled at the angry woman in the bed. She remembered the attitude she had when she was going through withdrawal. It wasn't pleasant. She kept threatening to turn into a dragon and fly away. At least Evie didn't have that option.
Mal stretched and checked her scrub pockets for her keys. "Will you be okay for a couple hours, E? I have an errand to run."
Evie looked at her. "The sun is barely up. Where do you have to go?"
Mal looked back at her friend. She debating lying to the woman. She really wasn't sure she wanted Evie to know about Macie. Mal was about to speak when she got lost in Evie's eyes. Those eyes that always made her tell the truth. Those eyes were the reason Evie always knew everything about her. She struggled to lie to them. "I...umm..." Mal ran her hands through her blonde hair.
"Mal?" Evie asked.
"I have to go get my daughter and take her to school." Mal dropped her arms down beside her.
"You have a daughter?" Evie asked slowly.
Mal nodded, "I do. I'm already late to get her from my friend's. Can we do this later?" Mal walked over to Evie, kissed her on the top of the head and waved goodbye. She didn't have the energy for that conversation. She needed coffee first. Luckily for her the hospital coffee cart was always open. Mal grabbed a quick cup and walked to her car, settling in before letting herself fully breathe. She was so happy Evie was okay but what did this mean for her life. Would Evie stick around once she was clean? Would Mal get some of her family back? The tiny woman shook the thoughts out of her head and switched the gears into drive.
Macie was still passed out when Mal arrived to get her. She scooped her tiny daughter up and held her close to her chest. Macie shifted a little but didn't wake up. Mal wasn't surprised though. Due to her nursing schedule, Macie spent a lot of time being shuffled around while she slept. It wasn't long before they were home and Mal finally had to wake the sleeping beauty.
"Hey, baby," Mal said. Gently stroking Macie's hair until she finally opened her eyes.
"Mama," Macie smiled, rubbing at her face.
"Hi, beautiful." Mal unbuckled her car seat and picked her up. "Did you have fun with Aunt Chloe?" Macie nodded and rested her head on Mal's shoulders. "Are you ready for school?" Macie nodded again and wiggled to get down as Mal led them into their apartment. Macie immediately tore off to her bedroom and by the time Mal made it in there too, Macie had pulled out half the clothes she owned and was trying to pull a purple dress over her head.
"Purple today, huh?" Mal asked, walking over to help her.
"Like you!" Macie smiled, running her hands through the purple streaks in Mal's hair.
Mal laughed at her, "Okay then. Play for a minute while I go make you breakfast, okay?" Macie nodded and Mal went back into the kitchen. She grabbed an apple, some strawberries and some grapes and cut them all into tiny bite sized pieces. Then she put a little bit of yoghurt into a bowl and placed both items on the high chair. "Mace, breakfast time." The tiny toddler ran in and Mal quickly got her settled into her high chair. "Eat please," she pointed before walking over to the laundry room and grabbing a fresh pair of jeans and a t shirt. She wasn't at work today so she could spend the day with Evie. She got changed and ran a brush through her hair. Once she was ready and Macie had managed to eat half of her breakfast, Mal started to brush Macie's hair and get it all fixed for the day. Grapes kept flying at Mal's head while she did this. Macie didn't like her hair being touched. Two identical pigtails finally sat upon her head.
"Are you all done?" Mal asked, receiving a nod in reply. "Okay, we gotta do teeth and then it's time to go." Mal lifted Macie out of the high chair and followed her daughter as she raced off to the bathroom.
Once they were brushed and ready to go, Mal grabbed Macie's hand and they headed off to the car.
Another quick drop off meant Mal was back at the hospital quicker than she had anticipated. She grabbed yet another coffee on her way inside. She knew the conversations she would be having with Evie would be hard ones, not the mention the attitude that would be fueled by her friend's withdrawal.
Taking a deep breathe the pushed open the ICU door and saw Evie sitting up in bed, staring into space. When she heard the door open she immediately yelled. "You have a daughter?"
"Hi to you too," Mal rolled her eyes, walking over to the chair. "I'm not having this conversation with you if you yell." Mal was very protective Macie.
"Sorry," Evie looked down for a moment. "I didn't mean to."
"I know," Mal replied simply.
"So, daughter?" Evie asked a few moments later.
"I do. She's 2." Mal responded.
"How?" Evie asked.
"Pretty much the usually way," Mal shrugged.
"I..right..." Evie chucked. "I mean...are you married?"
"No," Mal answered quickly, "I don't really do relationships. I can't really find the right person I guess." Mal carefully used the word person instead of man since the changes of Mal ever actually being with a man again was slim.
"So who's the dad?" Evie asked.
"I don't know and I don't really care."
"Mal, you can't let her grow up the way you did."
"Watch me," Mal stood up, crossing her arms in the process. "Besides, I've always known where Hades was, he just didn't want anything to do with me. Macie's dad doesn't know she exists."
"Macie?" Evie questioned, "I'm surprised you didn't name her Malvie or something to keep the tradition going."
"I wanted to keep the M but get the "bad" part out." Mal shrugged.
"I like it. I'm sure she is beautiful." Evie told her, closing her eyes for a moment.
Mal watched her movements carefully. Everyone from the Isle reacted different during withdrawal. Mal's had been hard because of the dragon in her. She had no idea how Evie's would be since she had witch blood. "How are you feeling?"
"Weak," Evie answered her.
Mal walked over and check the woman's IV. Then she walked over to the computer and logged on to see what medications they had her own. "It's no wonder you're weak, E. These medicines should have you knocked out. I'm guessing their plan for your detox is to have you sleep it off." Mal rolled her eyes a little knowing that Evie wouldn't be sleeping soon as the drugs left her system. It was painful and Evie would be throwing up and shaking within a matter of hours.
"Why don't you try to sleep, okay? Unfortunately you're in for a rough next 24 hours or so as you detox."
"I don't want to detox." Evie said stubbornly. "I never said I wanted to stop using."
"You almost died," Mal snapped.
"So?" Evie asked back.
"Did you want to die? Was this some sort of fucked up suicide attempt?"
"Of course not," Evie threw back at her.
"Then you will detox and deal with it."
"I have no where to go if I'm clean. No money, no friends." Evie challenged.
"Well if you can manage to get clean, you can stay with me. I'm warning you though, drugs do not go around my daughter. One wrong move and I'll toss your ass outside."
Evie nodded but didn't speak.
"Now get some sleep. I'll be right here." Mal walked back over to the chair and sat down while Evie snuggled back down into the covers. Evie reached her hand over and wrapped it around Mal's arm before falling asleep. Mal could feel the delicate hand shaking. Withdrawal wasn't something Mal would wish on anyone. She sighed before picking up her phone and turning on the tv to pass the time before hell broke loose.
